A tough career
Anonymous
A salty Chief and a crusty Marine First Sergeant are at a bar arguing about who
had the tougher career.
"I did 30 years in the Recon," the Marine declared proudly, "and
fought in three of my country's wars. Fresh out of boot camp, I hit the
beach at Okinawa, clawed my way up the blood-soaked sand, and eventually took
out an entire enemy machine gun nest with a single grenade.
"As a sergeant, I fought in Korea alongside General MacArthur. We pushed
back the enemy inch by bloody inch all the way up to the Chinese border, always
under a barrage of artillery and small arms fire.
"Finally, as a staff sergeant, I did three consecutive combat tours in
Vietnam. We humped through the mud and razor grass for 14 hours a day,
plagued by rain and mosquitoes, ducking under sniper fire all day and mortar
fire at night. In a fire fight, we'd shoot until our arms ached and our
guns were empty, then we'd charge the enemy with bayonets!"
Looking straight ahead, the Chief says nothing. Then after a deliberately
long, slow drink, the Chief says, "Yeah, it figures........all shore
duty."